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Feb, 1o, 1925. 1,526,043

F. BATTER TOILET FIXTURE FOR MOUNTAIN AIR SANITARIUMS rgina Filed May 2l 1920 Patented Feb. 10, 1925. Y UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK BATTER, OF PORTLAND, OREGON.

TOILET FIXTURE FOR MOUNTAIN-AIR SANITABIUMS.

Original application led May 2l, 1920, Serial No. 383,180. Divided and. this application filed September 5, 1922. Serial No. 586,200.

To all lwho/m, t may concer/n.' toilet room is a part. It is to be understood Be it known that I, FRANK Barman, a that the Vdisinfectant receptacle contains citizen of the United States, and a resident disinfecting material preferably granular of Portland, county of Multnomah, and which is held against inadvertent dis- 5 State of Oregon, have invented a new and lodgement by the usual screen-like container. 60 useful Improvement in Toilet Fixtures for It is provided so that offensive odors will Mountain-Air Sanitariums, of which the not pass into the sanitarium. Pipe 245 confollowing is a specification. trolled by valve 246 is arranged to deliver p This invention relates -to structures in flushing water from the main to the tank which can b e artificially maintained such both near the bottom by the angular por G5 atmospheric conditions of temperature, tion 247 and the vertical portion 248 and by pressure, humidity and so forth as may be the vertical portion 249 to the interiorof the dictated by the state of a patient. yPrevious vertical cylinder 250 supported by braces 251 patents of mine, No. 904,172; 1,107 ,744; and coaxially with the tank.

1,107 ,745, haveV dealt with atmospheric 'When the valves 236 and 242 are open 70 pressure or rarefied conditions for simulaand the remaining valves closed, it is evident tion of high altitudes. that there will be a direct air connection This application is Viiled to cover lthe rthrough the pipe 241 and thus the atmospatentable subject mattei' divided out of the pheric conditions in the drainage tank will 1 patent granted to me August 23, 1923, No. be the same as in the toilet room, which 75 1,466,652, for portable mountain air saniwill permit the normal use of the toilet tarium, the division being made in conifixtures. ihen however', it becomes necespliance with the requirements of the exsary to empty the drainage tank the position aminer in charge of the last mentioned apof the valves is changed so that the valves plication. l 240, 238 and 246 are open and the remaining S0 The specific object of my vpresent invenvalves closed. This shuts olf the toilet room tion, however, is to provide a toilet room in from the tank and from the air exhaust which pressure conditions are so controlled system and throws it into communication as to permit normal use of the toilet fixtures -with the atmosphere and sewer connections without interference with vthe artificial atand admits flushingwater. 85 mospheric conditions in the toilet room'. The various valve stems p, q, r, s, t are I have shown a preferred design and arparallel and may have their far ends suprangement of parts in the accompanying ported in bearings p,ig,r, etc. They have drawings, in which: adjacent their far ends operating quadrants Fig. 'l is an end elevation, partly in secor sectors which may be located in the same 90 tion, of the toilet roomY anl related applane for co-action, each with one of a series paratus; and I of suitably located racks carried by an up- Fig. 2 is an end elevation at right angles e right reciprocable frame 260 slidable up and thereto showing valve operating mechanism. down in brackets 261, extending thru the 40 The toilet room may be provided with any floor of the toilet room into the same and 95 usual fixtures as the tub 230, the lavatory having on its upper end a rack 262 with 231 and closet 232. A drainage tank 233 which meshes the last of a train of gears, is provided, the various toilet room fixtures 263, 264 and l265 manually movable hy the being connected thereto by pipes 234 and crank 266. The stem of valve 236 is pro- 235. A discharge pipe 237 from the drainvided with a toothed quadrant 236 witlrlOO age tank 233 to a cess pool is provided. In which co-acts rack 2362. The stem of valve the connections between the toilet fixtures 238 is provided with a quadrant 233 and the tank is a valve 236 and in the aforeoperated by a rack 2382. Valve 240 has on said discharge connections from the tank its valve stem toothed quadrant 240 a valve 23S, pipe 239'furnishes a vent for actuated by rack 2402. Similarly valve 242 105 the tank controlled by a valve 240 and pipe carries on the end of its valve stem a toothed 241 controlled by the valve 242 and having quadrant 242 actuated by a rack 2422. To a disinfectant receptacle, 4shown diagramavoid interference the quadra-nts are altermatically as 243, is connected to the air exnately oppositely faced and some of the haust system. of .the sanitarium, ot" which the yvalves are carried on one side ofthe reoipro- 110 eating frame and some on the otherl facing the quadrants which they are designed to actuate. Each ot the quadra-nts on the various valve stems is provided at each end with a long tooth 252 which enables the rack to pick up the corresponding quadrant and move it into mesh with the rack teeth in whichever direct-ion the frame is moving.

The operation of the valves, assuming them to be in normal condition, that is, with the valves 236 and 242 open, is follows: The reciprocating 'frame or cross head 260 carrying the various racks moves down, the rack 2362 coacting with quadrant 236 starting to close valve 236. Shortly thereafter rack 2422 begins to actuate valve 242 thru its quadrant 242. This closes the connection between the tank and the exhaust. The further movement of the cross head after the closing of these valves brings the rack 2402 into mesh with the quadrant 240 to open the vent valve 240. When this valve is open the rack 2382 actuating the. quadrant 238 opens the valve 238 in the discharge pipe. Shortly after this valve starts to open the rack 2462 actuating the quadrant 246 opens the valve 246 in the water pipe admitting water tor fiushing the tank. It will be obvious that when the cross head is moved in the opposite direction the reverse movement will take place and the valves be restored to their normal position. 'I'he racks may conveniently be made adjustable by providing them with bolts 267 passing thru slots 268 and having nuts 269 countersunk so as to be below the face of the frame.

In Figure l I diagrammatically illustrate an air exhausting fan 270 within the sanitarium which has an exhaust pipe 271 extending outwardly through the walls and opening into the atmosphere, said exhaust pipe also connects with the vent pipe 243 from the receptacle 243.

I have illustrated and described a preferred type of exhausting mea-ns in patents granted to myself, Nos. 1,466,652 and 1,466,- 653, patented August 28, 1923.

I claim:

1. In a sanitarium, a toilet room, a toilet fixture or 'fixtures therein, a receiving tank, connections between said fixture or fixtures, and said tank, a valve in said connections, air exhausting means communicating with said room and tank, a valve between said tank and means, both said valves being normally open to produce the same condition of `pressure in the room and tank and permit normal use of the fixtures, a discharge pipe between the receiving' tank and the sewer, a vent for the receiving tank, and normally closed valves in said vent and discharge pipe.

2. Ina sanitarium,:a toiletroom, a toilet lfixture or *fixtures ztherein, a .receiving tank,

valve in vsaid pipe,

'y valves faire cio;

connections between said xture or fixtures and said tank, a valve in said connections, air exhausting means communicating with said room and tank, a valve between said tank and means, both said valves being normally open to produce the same conditions of pressure in the room and tank and permit normal use of the fixtures, a discharge pipe between the receiving tank and the sewer, a vent :t'or the receiving tank, normally closed valves in said vent and discharge pipe, and means for operating said valves in a predetermined order.

3. In a sanitarium, fixture or fixtures therein, connections between said fixture or fixtures and tank, means for exhausting air from said room and tank, a valve in the connections between the toilet fixtures and tank, a valve in the exhaust from said tank, a discharge pipe from the receiving tank, a valve therein, a vent in the receiving tank, a` valve in the vent, a water pipe Jfor Hush..- ing the receivingtank, a valve therein, and means operable as a unit for controlling the position of said valves and opening and closing them in the predetermined order.

4. In a. sanitarium, a toilet room, a toilet fixture, or fixtures therein, a receiving tank, drainage connections between said fixtures or fixtures and tank, a valve in said connections, an air pump and air exhaust pipes connecting said toilet room, and receiving tank with said pump, a valve in the connection between the receiving tank and pump, a discharge pipe for said tank, a valve in said pipe, a vent pipe for the receiving tank, a valve in the vent pipe, and means for changing the position of the valves from their normal position in which the first two valves named are open and the rest closed to t-he receiving Vtank emptying position in which the first two named valves are closed and the rest open and for -reversing the operation to return the valves to the normal or posit-ion of use.

5. In a sanitarium, a toilet room, a toilet fixture or fixtures therein, a receiving tank, drainage connections between said fixture or fixtures and tank, a valve in said connec tions, an air pump and air exhaust pipes connecting said toilet room and receiving tank with said pump, a valve in the connection between t-he receiving tank and pump, a discharge pipe for said tank, a

a vent pipe yfor ytherec-eiving tank, a valve .in the .vent pipe, a water pipe for flushing said receiving tank, a normally closed :valve-therein, Vand means for changing the position of the valves from their normal position in which the first two valves named are open and the rest vclosed to the receiving vtank emptying position in which the first .two named ed vand 'the `rt VAopen *and a receiving tank,

a toilet room, a toiletV for reversing the opera-tion to return the valves to the normal or position of use.

6. In a sanitarium, a toilet room, a receiving tank, normally communicating with said toilet room, said tank having a sec ond communieating passageway normally out oii' from the atmosphere, adjustable means controlling valves in each of said communicating passageways which are suooessively reversed by one adjustment of said 10 means, so as to shift the pressure in the receiving tank to atmospheric pressure and emptying said tank, While maintaining the pressure conditions in the toilet room undisturbed.

FRANK BATTER. 

